Friday the 13th

Another cake, finally! A coworker suggested that we make a cake for Friday the 13th last week. We made the cake, but not until Saturday. With this cake we moved away from boxed cake mix and use a scratch recipe for pound cake. We also made our own marshmallow fondant and modeling chocolate. We even tried melting Jolly Rancher candies for another effect. It was a lot of experimentation with this cake and it turned out rather well.

The bottom layer of the cake is cereal treats, with two layers of pound cake on top of that. We used a recipe for creamy white frosting to pipe a border around the cake. That was more for formality than to enhance the design of the cake. Kathy sculpted the cat out of modeling chocolate and the salt shaker from fondant. The ladder, which you shouldn't walk underneath, is chocolate covered candy cane. The source of your seven years of bad luck was created by melting Jolly Ranchers and then "framing" the pane of candy glass with fondant. Slamming the back end of a utensil onto the "mirror" gave it some very realistic cracks, though they aren't very easy to see in the pictures.

This was another fun cake and served the purpose of a training ground for several decorative techniques and recipes. Enjoy the pictures! If you are in the area, stop by, we'll never be able to eat this cake on our own!